February 9, 2017, Thursday, in the port of Honolulu, Hawaii
We arrived a little before 08:30 and were cleared to go ashore by 09:00. Sandra and I left immediately for a dental appointment. With the help of the Purser’s Desk, I had a ten o’clock appointment with a dentist whose office was walking distance from the ship’s berth. Found the office without trouble, and filled out the usual paperwork. Within a half hour, I had the crown reinstalled. It looks better than the original job. As I write this two weeks later, the crown is still holding.
The dentists’ office was two blocks away from the local WalMart store. We spent an hour finding the things that we had forgotten in our previous packing efforts. After finding just about everything that we needed, we went back to the ship.
We had lunch at the Lido so we could head back out as soon as possible. At the Aloha Tower, a Honolulu landmark near the pier, we found a free Hilo Hattie shuttle van to take us to the Ala Moana Shopping Center. Sandra spent quite a bit of time and money at Hilo Hattie’s. She also spent an hour or so at Macy’s in the Mall. Macy’s had free WIFI so my time was productive. Macy’s always have several chairs available for husbands. We returned to the Aloha Tower by the same shuttle. We stopped in a Welcome Center and asked if they knew of a good barber shop in the area. They did even better, they knew of a barber school that gave inexpensive haircuts. Walked to the school and both Sandra and I got much needed trims.
The evening entertainment was a Hawaiian Folkloric Show, Halau Hula Olana group. This is a group of youngsters and adults performing the Hula in its various forms. It was a fun presentation and we all had a good time.
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